Machoke stopped attacking. Since this was a training match, there was no need to push too hard; once the opponent had taken a certain amount of damage, it was time to stop.
"Machoke, you're getting stronger and stronger."
Zhang Cheng praised Machoke, whose strength was improving rapidly.
Afterward, Zhang Cheng sprayed Healing Spray on Machoke, then rested with his Pokémon.
That afternoon, Zhang Cheng continued taking his Pokémon deep into the forest to seek out wild Pokémon to battle.
Once the day's training was over, Zhang Cheng said goodbye to Machoke and returned to the Inn in Magnolia Town.
Back at the Inn, Zhang Cheng settled his Pokémon in, washed up quickly, and went straight to sleep.
The next morning, Zhang Cheng kept to his regular routine of going to bed early and rising early. He went to the Waterfall to spar with Machoke, then headed into the forest that afternoon to find Pokémon to battle.
His Pokémon gained quite a few levels through these daily battles.
Poliwhirl and Pidgeotto reached level 23, while Marshtomp and Flaaffy reached level 22.
Marshtomp mastered the new Ground-type move Mud Bomb, while Flaaffy learned Take Down.
Today, rather than heading straight into Magnolia Forest, Zhang Cheng went to the town's Pokémon Mission Hall to pick up another mission.
When he arrived at the Pokémon Mission Hall, Zhang Cheng found that many people had come to accept missions. Perhaps because it was the holidays, plenty of Trainers had gone out to gain experience.
Zhang Cheng paid no attention to the others. He went straight to a Task Terminal and began browsing the posted missions.
He looked through the remaining Gold Rank missions available, but they were all time-consuming jobs with very low pay.
Zhang Cheng would not accept missions like those. He would be